TAYLOR COUNTY GA Bios Caldwell Family
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THE CALDWELL FAMILY
Mary Elizabeth Caldwell was the daughter of John Henry
Caldwell and his wife Susannah Katherine Gresham. Her
brothers and sisters were: (1) Pleasant Creed Caldwell
born November 12, 1843 and married Mary Frances Wilson
December 19, 1865. P. C. Caldwell died September 11, 1893
and is buried in Shiloh Cemetery. (2) Martha M. Caldwell
born abt 1848 and married Thomas J. Gunnells on April 20,
1873. Martha died March 31, 1881. (3) Julia M. Caldwell
born October 1850 and married John H. Bius May 11, 1871.
(They were the parents of Dora Bius who married George
Gresham Adams. Dora died March 12, 1920 and Uncle George
married Emma Lee Fulgram Ellington) (4) Leonoria W.
Caldwell born January 9, 1857 and married Leonard
Hamilton Adams December 16, 1875. Leonoria died June 28,
1915. (5) William Lafayette Caldwell born May 23, 1860
and married Mattie J. Howell August 31, 1882. Mattie died
October 17, 1884 and William L. Caldwell married Sarah
Julia Windham June 30, 1887. (6) David Lee Caldwell born
September 12, 1863 and married Emily A. McFarlin July 5,
1883.
The Caldwell family were also originally from Virginia.
John Henry Caldwell was the son of Creed Caldwell and
Rachel Clayton Caldwell. Creed Caldwell was a well known
preacher in the Primitive Baptist Church.
The family names of the ancestors of Mary Elizabeth
Caldwell Adams were the following: Gresham, McKenney,
Clayton, Paschal, Creed, Tanner.
John McKenny, great-grandfather of Mary Elizabeth
Caldwell Adams, was born in Virginia but fought in the
Revolutionary War from Georgia. He commenced his military
career in the revolutionary war, at the age of 16, and
continued in the service of his country until the close
of the war of independence, and was engaged under the
gallant Clark, at the Battle of Kettle Creek, in Wilkes
County, the result of which is known to have given a
death-blow to the power of the Tories in Georgia. He was
engaged in the Battle of Augusta, against the British and
Tories; and in other skirmishes, incident to predatory
warfare, in which he rendered important service to his
country. He was remarkable for personal bravery, military
enterprise, and energy of purpose. In private life, he
was one of the most amiable of men, and his fellow-
citizens evinced their estimation of his worth, by
repeatedly electing him, with singular unanimity, to a
high and responsible civil office, which he always filled
to their entire satisfaction.
Joseph Adams and family have not been located in the 1870
Census. They were in Talbot County in 1880 and in Taylor
County in 1900, 1910 and 1920. The 1890 Census was lost
so we have no record as to where they were at that time.
The family records states that all of their children were
born in Upson Co., Ga.
Joseph Randall Adams drew a pension for his service in
the War Between The States. He was paid $5.00 per year
from 1893-1903; $60.00 per year from 1904-1916; $70.00 in
1918; $90.00 in 1919 and $100.00 was paid for his burial
expense in 1920.
Mary Elizabeth Caldwell Adams drew a pension as a widow
starting in 1922 and received $100.00 in 1923; $125.00 in
1924; $140.00 in 1925; $200.00 in 1926; $50.00 in 1927
and $100.00 was paid for her burial expense on April 20,
1927.
John Henry Caldwell is buried at Good Hope Primitive
Baptist Cemetery in Upson Co., Ga. he also has a marker
at Howard, Ga. Susannah Katherine Gresham Caldwell is
buried at Howard Cemetery in Taylor Co., Ga.
Joseph Randall Adams and his wife are both buried in
Howard Cemetery Taylor County, Georgia. John Adams ====
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